DON HAS RAIN AND MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES IN A FEW MINUTES.
MANY OF THE WATCH US FOR A LONG
TIME, SO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD
LADY WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN HER
FIGHT WITH THE SYSTEM.
TOM: THREE AFTER JENNY HATCH
THAT WILL TO WIN THE RIGHT TO
LIVE WITH HER CHOICE OF
CARETAKERS, WE ARE CHECKING IN
TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR
THE WOMAN WHO DID SO MUCH JUST
WITH HER CASE.
ANDY FOX IS NOW WITH
JENNY THREE
YEARS LATER.
ANDY: JUSTICE FOR JENNY,
CATCHING UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND
MEANS A LOT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE JENNY'S
STORE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS STORY,
AND IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT JENNY
HATCH.
JENNY'S STORY BECAME A NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT.
ON AUGUST 2, 2013, A JUDGE
ORDERED JENNY HATCH CAN LIVE
WHERE SHE WANTS, THEY CORRECT
DECISIONS WITH THE HELP OF
FRIENDS.
HAVE NOT SEEN JENNY IN THREE
YEARS.
A TOTAL SURPRISE.
ANDY:
THREE YEARS LATER JENNY IS
LIVING WITH JIM AND KELLY IN
HAMPTON.
SHE WRITES BUSES TO CHURCH WHERE
SHE IS FULLY INTEGRATED IN
PROGRAMS THERE.
I LOVE MY LIFE.
I'M HAPPY.
LOVE TO BE HOME
WITH JIM AND
KELLY.
ANDY: HER CASE WAS THE FIRST
TRIAL IN AMERICA IS THAT PUSHING
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE
THE RIGHT TO SUPPORT DECISIONS
WHERE TRUSTED FRIENDS HELP MAKE
LIFE DECISIONS.
I AM GLAD I WON MY CASE.
DID WAS A LONG NIGHTLY.
JENNY KNOWS SHE IS LOVED.
SHE KNOWS WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
HER AND WE WANT HER TO BE AS
INDEPENDENT AS YOU CAN.
ANDY: YOU LIKE LIVING HERE?
I DO.
I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HOME.
I LOVE TO BE HERE WITH MY
FRIENDS.
ANDY: SHE'S RUN FROM PICTURES
OF
THAT DATE THREE YEARS AGO,
HOLDING HANDS WITH HER ATTORNEY.
IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO
BELIEVES IN RIGHTS, INJUSTICE,
THE WORLD CHANGED THAT DAY.
ANDY: MARTINEZ STARTED THE
JUSTICE
PROJECT.
A PERSON SHOULD NOT BE
PLACED UNDER GUARDIANSHIP IF
THERE IS A LESS RESTRICTIVE
ALTERNATIVE.
ANDY: MARTINEZ HAS HELPED NEXT
--
ENACT NEW LAWS.
THIS 2014 STUDY
RECOMMENDED
ADDING SUPPORTED THIS IS MAKING
TO LAW, BUT THE GENERAL US AND
WE NEVER ACTED ON THE CITY.
JUDGE PUGH CHANGED THE
GUARDIANSHIP WORLD.
SHE HAD SUPPORT.
ANDY: DAVID PGH BECAME THE
FIRST
JUDGE IN A TRIAL TO ORDER
SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING
INSTEAD OF A RESTRICTED
GUARDIANSHIP.
IT IS NOT JUST HOUSING THEM
IN GROUP HOMES, ALLOWING THEM TO
MAKE DECISIONS AS TO HOW THEY
CHOOSE TO LIVE.
ANDY: JUDGE PUGH NOTED TESTIMONY
THAT JENNY HAS LOWERED
INTELLIGENCE, LIVING SKILLS IN
LOW FUNCTIONING RANGE, BUT THEN
ON PAGE FIVE HE WROTE THE WORD
"HOWEVER."
DO YOU REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT
THAT WORD WAS TO JENNY HATCH,
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO ROLL IN
HER FAVOR, HOWEVER?
I THINK IT CHANGED THE WHOLE
TONE OF MY POSITION.
ANDY: THE JUDGE DECIDED JENNY'S
BEST INTEREST WAS TO BE WITH JIM
AND KELLY.
JENNY WORKS AT JIM AND KELLY'S
VILLAGE THRIFT AND HAS FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
JENNY MOSTLY LIVES
INDEPENDENTLY, EXACTLY WHAT
JUDGE PUGH HOPED HIS DECISION TO
DO.
THIS IS WHAT THE END GOAL
WAS, TO GIVE HER INDEPENDENCE,
TO ALLOW HER TO LIVE IN A
COMMUNITY.
SHE IS NOT STIGMATIZED AND NOT
ANY GROUP HOME OR SET AWAY FROM
THE PUBLIC.
ANDY: TO GIVE HER INDEPENDENCE.
DAVID PUGH IS RETIRING
AFTER
SERVING ON THE BENCH FOR 37
YEARS.
HE TOLD US HE CONSIDERS THE
JENNY HATCH CASE ONE OF HIS MOST
MEMORABLE BECAUSE OF HOW